2o-l THE JOL'RNAL OF BOTJLXY 



loner the whole umbel bemg about 9 cm. in diameter; hracts not 

 more than 3-4 mm. long. Corolla-twhQ 3 mm., lobes 15 mm. long. 



Psychotria (§ Mapouria) halophiloides, sp. no v. Frutex glaber 

 ramuUs complanatis. Folia coriacea elliptica utrinque acuminata 

 •apice obtusa, breviter ]jetiolata, venis supra impressis nee con- 

 spicuis, subtus prominulis, utrinque 9 aliis nee intervementibus ; 

 stiinifce crassiuscula? oblonga? apice rotundato-obtusse demum vaginam 

 formantes nee longe persistentem. Flores in cyma o-6-chotoma 

 densiuscule dispositi brevissime pedicellati subcorvmbosa, hracfeis 

 paucis minutis ; cah/x parvus campanulatus limbo subintegro ; corolla 

 subtubularis insuper vix ampliata, tubo limbi lobos breviter oblongos 

 obtusos 3-4-plo excedente ; anflwrce exsertai. 



Colombia : Gallego Quindio, 7600 ft., Triana 185 ! 



Leaves about 7 cm. X 3 cm., with petiole 5 mm. ; sfijncles 1 cm. X 

 5 mm. Inflorescence (excluding peduncle) 4-5 cm. X 6 cm. Cali/.v 

 barely 1 nim. long ; corolla-tube 5-6 mm. long, 26 mm. wide at 

 mouth ; lobes 1-7 mm. X 1 mm. 



Distinguished from the Brasilian Majmitria cliionnntha Miill. Arg., 



its nearest"allY, by the stouter flowers in laxer inflorescences which are 



primarily corymbose. 



(To be continued.) 



TWO VARIETIES OF CALAMAGROSTIS. 

 By C. E. Salmox, F.L.S. 



1. Calamageostis laxceolata Koth, var. pallida Lange. 



When botanizing in Norfolk last July with Mr. J. W. White, 

 we noticed near Horning Ferry some clumps of a very striking 

 ])ale-flo\vered Calamagrostis which grew with an abundance of the 

 normal purple-tinted C. lanceolata. The anthers, glumes, pales etc. 

 were of a delicate pale yellow tint and the j^lant certainly seemed 

 best placed under the above variety. Dr. Stapf has kindly confirmed 

 the name. The original description (translated by Dr. B. D. Jackson) 

 is as follows — " /5. pallida. More slender and delicate than the 

 species. Leaves very fine and narrow. Flowers pallid, almost colour- 

 less. Panicle relaxed, opened wide. Awns longer than in a. [the 

 species]." J. Lange, Haandb. Danske Fl. (jiS, 1886. 



The Norfolk plant agrees exactly with an example from Hansen, 

 Hb. Slesv.-Holst. 808 in Herb. Mus. Brit, labelled '* Arundo Cala- 

 magrostis, L., var. pallida N. {A. cauescens Web.). Nolte Mscrpt. 

 In Wiildern auf schattigen Platzen ; bl, Jul." It will be observed 

 that A. canescens Web. is here given as a synonym of var. pallida 

 and Ascherson & Graebner (Syn. Mittel. Eur. Fl. 'ii. 201, 1899) take 

 up this name for the variety. 



Weber's descrii)tion (in Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holsat. 10, 1780) 

 i-mij; — "-Arundo canescens panicula laxissima, calyce unitloro sub- 

 aMpiali, valvulis mucronato-aristatis. K. in torfosis prope Paguni 

 Siifel. Nova species, (|uie a priori [A. Calamagrostis'] dift'ert culmo 



